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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-operative Wholesale Society |
| Date | 1949 |
| Document type | Government Records |
| Publishing information | Co-Operative Wholesale Society Limited |
| Description | This folder of documents covers the dealings of the Co-Operative Society (a membership based travel agency) and the train companies and discusses the hostility of existing travel agencies to the co-op. It is largely correspondence between the representatives of the Co-Operative Society and the UK government. |
| Series description | British Transport Commission: Chief Secretary's Office: Correspondence and Papers. This series contains the records of the Chief Secretary and Legal Adviser dealing with appointments of staff, staff relations, training and education, pay, travel facilities, finance, organisation, and pension funds of the various bodies under British Transport Commission control (including British Railways, London Transport, canals and docks, steamshipping and road transport concerns) integration of inland transport, new works orders and contracts, railway closures, railway rolling stock, buses, acquisition of road haulage undertakings, fares and charges and supply of materials. |
| Theme(s) | Package Tours, Cruises and Organised Travel Planning and Business About themes |
| Regions | United Kingdom |
| Country/State | England |
| Keywords | railway, membership, government involvement, Thomas Cook, business |
| Collection | Records created or inherited by the British Transport Commission, the British Railways Board, and related bodies |
| Reference | AN 13/2198 |
| Library | The National Archives, UK |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |